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FEATURED ARTICLE *** His killers were street children, fearless and brutal with
no remorse Stewart Tendler, The Times,
August 10, 2006 www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article604939.ece [accessed 4 August 2011] Ricky and Danny Preddie were court
veterans, loyal only to each other and a gang of thugs. Danny Preddie
had bullied Damilola and is said to have coveted
his silver jacket. Ricky is believed to be the gang member who stabbed their
victim with a broken beer bottle. “Juking” was a
punishment administered to anyone who showed the Young Peckham
Boys disrespect or resisted their demands for mobile phones, baseball caps,
trainers and cash. ***
ARCHIVES *** Runaways
- Where To Turn For Help Before You Are Homeless Rebeccas Community -- This is for anyone
aged up to 13 years old who is thinking about running away www.homeless.org.au/runaways.htm [accessed 4 August 2011] Here are the best phone numbers to
call …They are Confidential - which means they won't tell anyone about your
call unless you want them to talk to somebody for you, or you are in
danger. They are open 24 Hours - it
doesn't matter what time you call In
the UK, call 0800 1111 Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61683.htm [accessed 2 January 2011] CHILDREN - The government provided free,
universal, and compulsory education until age 16 and further free education until
age 18. UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization statistics
recorded 100 percent enrollment of children of primary school age and over 90
percent for those of secondary school age. SECTION 6
WORKER RIGHTS – [d]
There were reports that children were trafficked into the country and forced
to work as domestic servants, beggars, pickpockets, drug couriers, or in
sweatshops and restaurants. Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 6 October 2000 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/uk2000b.html [accessed 2 January 2011] [43] While recognizing the efforts
made by the State party in the area of education, the Committee remains
concerned at the increasing incidence of truancy and the number of drop-outs
from school in some of the Territories, especially the Turks and Caicos Islands and Montserrat. Helping children turn life around Paul McMillan, Evening Chronicle, Dec 10 2007 [accessed 3 January 2011] It follows research by Barnardo’s in 2005 which revealed that 28 children and
young people were being sexually exploited through prostitution in Scarpa opened its doors in October and
hopes to have made contact with 40 young runaways and 15 young people who
have been sexually exploited in its first six months. Music saved the street children of Ben Hoyle, Arts Reporter, The Times, August 13, 2007 www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2246441.ece [accessed 4 August 2011] In the violent slums of Street children given a new life July 18, 2007 This article has been archived by World Street Children
News and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 4 August 2011] ANTOINE’S STORY - Hardcore hoodie
Antoine is 19 and has spent most of his life on the streets. He has sold
drugs and worked as a male prostitute to survive. When you read what the
young Londoner – now studying to be a barrister – has endured, you may
understand why. … Caroline Davies, The Telegraph, 05 Apr 2007 www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1547698/Londons-white-slaves.html [accessed 4 August 2011] A new book, White Cargo, tells how
children as young as 10 were swept off the city's streets and sent with
convicts to work in But, to disguise the fact these
children were to be enslaved, officials sold it as giving the underprivileged
a new life. In truth, the City of Call for action to protect street children Jonathan Traynor, Media &
Public Affairs Officer, www.niccy.org/article.aspx?menuId=566 [accessed 4 August 2011] The Book Review: Street Kid: One
child's desperate fight for survival by Judy Westwater www.tonight.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=3409249&fSectionId=375&fSetId=251 [Last access date unavailable] I am wary of trivialising
her story by reducing it to a list of horrors, but here's a short version as
contained in the publicity blurb: "Abducted by her psychotic
spiritualist father as a child and kept like a dog in his backyard, Judy Westwater suffered in a Manchester orphanage run by nuns
before being taken to South Africa, where she ended up living wild on the
streets of Hillbrow and joining the circus. Determined that her childhood
experiences should in some way give meaning to her life, Judy has in
adulthood worked tirelessly to help homeless children in The book ends when Westwater, aged 17, returned to the His killers were street children, fearless and brutal with
no remorse Stewart Tendler, The Times,
August 10, 2006 www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article604939.ece [accessed 4 August 2011] Ricky and Danny Preddie were court veterans, loyal only to each other and
a gang of thugs. Danny Preddie
had bullied Damilola and is said to have coveted
his silver jacket. Ricky is believed to be the gang member who stabbed their
victim with a broken beer bottle. “Juking” was a
punishment administered to anyone who showed the Young Peckham
Boys disrespect or resisted their demands for mobile phones, baseball caps,
trainers and cash. Child Trafficking in the Ambrose Musiyiwa (amusiyiwa), OhmyNews, 2006-07-25 english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?article_class=5&no=293231&rel_no=6 [accessed 3 January 2011] She was a teenage orphan living on
the streets of True to his word, her
"savior" brought her into the Three months later, when the
16-year-old Kenyan girl became pregnant, she was forced to continue sleeping
with a succession of men until she was almost due to give birth. The heavily
pregnant teenager was then removed from the brothel, driven out of the town
where she had been held, and dumped many miles away on the streets of Consortium for Street Children: Briefing Paper [DOC] www.streetchildren.org.uk/reports/CSC+Briefing+Paper+StreetChildren+in+the+UK+5.03+-FULL.doc [Last access date unavailable] There are however three main
groups of young people in the Street children and crime in the Browne, K. and Falshaw, L.
(1998), Street children and crime in the [accessed 4 August 2011] Four street work projects that
provide information and support to young runaways in the Children "COMPASS" - A manual on human rights education
with young people -- ISBN: 92-871-4880-5 © Council of eycb.coe.int/compass/en/chapter_5/5_1.html [accessed 4 August 2011] THE STATE OF Book Review: Running the Risk
Young People on the Streets of Amazon.com [accessed 4 August 2011] PRODUCT DESCRIPTION - Based on current work with
young runaways this survey looks, in particular, at the work of four
Children's Society projects in Leeds, Shelter www.donation4charity.org/charities/shelter [accessed 4 August 2011] Shelter is a national organisation with local solutions working to improve the
lives of homeless and badly housed people. There has been a 200,000 rise in Dying for change The Big Issue in the North At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 4 August 2011] WHY ARE WE STILL HEARING ABOUT
HOMELESS PEOPLE DYING ON OUR STREETS? VIEW FROM THE EDGE - Once a young person is
homeless, things can rapidly deteriorate. Many homeless people suffer from
mental health problems and are not receiving help. Hartshorn
believes this is a particular problem for younger men who tend to bottle
their problems up. Homelessness and Education: Research from Comparative Education Research Centre CERC, At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 4 August 2011] PANEL ABSTRACT - The last fifteen years have
seen an unprecedented increase in homelessness in both Habitat Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Creating Sustainable
Communities At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 4 August 2011] Centrepoint Reveals Exploitation Of Homeless
Young People European Federation of National Organizations working with
the Homeless, 4/21/2005 www.feantsa.org/code/en/pg.asp?Page=7&pk_id_news=417 [accessed 4 August 2011] “Nearly a third of homeless young
people surveyed admit to suffering from stress, illness and depression due to
their debts, many believe they are prevented from a better future because
they owe money they cannot repay. Rough Sleepers Unit Parliament home page > Parliamentary business >
Publications and Records > Hansard > Commons
Debates > Commons Debates by date > Commons Debates - previous sessions
> Bound Volume Hansard - Written Answers www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmhansrd/vo011218/text/11218w14.htm#11218w14.html_spnew4 [accessed 4 August 2011] The RSU has already invested over
£2 million from its Special Innovation Fund to put in place education,
training and employment schemes around the country that have helped over
2,500 former rough sleepers to make the move to independent living. The children and young people we work with [access information unavailable] The city street is a place of
refuge and a place of danger. It is an alternative to rural poverty and to family
violence, but it is home too to those who would take advantage of vulnerable
children, perhaps to exploit them financially, or sexually. Some children
live there - eat, play, work and sleep. New Government drive to help young
runaways Tony Blair, New
Government drive to help young runaways, 22 March 2001 www.number10.gov.uk/output/Page2669.asp [Last access date unavailable] A quarter of those who run away
will sleep on the streets, and some will survive through begging, stealing
drug dealing and prostitution. As many as 10,000 runaways suffer physical or
sexual abuse while they are away from home. Runaway Children To Get Help BBC News, 22 March, 2001 news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1235441.stm [accessed 4 August 2011] Every year 77,000 British children
under 16 run away from home for at least one night. Many flee physical or mental abuse at home,
and a quarter end up sleeping on the streets with
some surviving through begging, stealing, drug dealing and prostitution. The consultation report was
launched on Thursday by Tony Blair, who said it was important to find out why
so many children run away and why so many are reluctant to return home again. All material used herein
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